#481E78#481E78

#481E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.144 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#481E78
RGB	rgb(72, 30, 120)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 75%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 38.70, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 58.30, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0726 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.144 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5261, 3.6623, 18.1287)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#481E78 #4E781E

analogous

#1E2178 #481E78 #751E78

triadic

#481E78 #78481E #1E7848

tetradic

#481E78 #781E21 #4E781E #1E7875

square

#481E78 #781E21 #4E781E #1E7875

split-complementary

#481E78 #78751E #21781E

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2B1247 #481E78 #652AA9 #8341CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#481E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#481E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #481E78

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##481E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##481E78	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #481e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 30, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.144 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ea0',
    500: '#481e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #481e78;
$custom-light: #805ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#481e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34935,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#481E78

secondary

#7CAC46

accent

#E34599

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #481E78

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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